Filling-fork for looms.



No. 754,023. v PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904. E. s. STIMPSON.

FILLING FORK FOR LOOMS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.31, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S. STIMPSON, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPERCOMPANY, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TION OF MAINE.

FILLING-FORK FOR LOOMS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.754,023, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed October 31,1903. Serial No. 179,283. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. STIMrsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Filling-Forks for Looms, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production at small cost of asimple and efficient filling-fork for looms.

Filling forks comprise a body and wire prongs or tines, and ordinarilythe body is made in two parts, one having grooves to receivethe'bent-over upper ends or roots of the tines, while the other part isbolted thereon to secure the tines in place. In accordance with mypresent invention I make the body in one piece, of brass, Babbitt metal,or other readilycast metal, and the tines are so placed with relation toa body-mold that when the molten metal is poured therein the roots ofthe tines will be embedded therein and securely held without the aid ofother means. I prefer to also embed in the cast metal a transversebearing-sleeve, into which a pin or fulcrum-rod is extended from thebifurcated end of the usual fork-slide to pivotally connect the forktherewith. The sleeve serves as a bearing or wearing surface interposedbetween the fulcrumpin and the body.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a fillingfork embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, the body being partly in section;and Fig. 3 is a top or plan view, the body being broken out to show thebearingsleeve, and the root of one of the tines is also broken out.

The body a of the filling-fork is made as a casting of the desiredshape, brass, Babbitt metal, or other readily-cast metal being pouredinto a suitable mold. The tines are herein shown arranged in aconvenient manner, the

central tine 5 having its upper end bent to form a root 6, which isembedded in the body when the latter is cast. The outer tines 0 are alsobent at their upper ends, as at 0,to be embedded in the body, and inorder to conveniently form the loop or tail said portions 0 are extendedbeyond the end of the body, as at 0 and connected by the transverseportion 0 tines are made of stout wire, as is usual, and it will be seenthat a single piece of wire forms the tail and the two outer tines 0 0.Asleeve or tube d, of hard brass or other suitable metal, is embeddedtransversely in the body, extending from one to the other side thereofbelow the upper bent ends or roots of the tines.

When the fork is mounted on the bifurcated end m of the usualfork-slide, (see Fig. 3,) a pin or rod m is extended through the sleeveto pivotally connect the fork and slide.

The construction is simple and cheap, and a strong and durable fork isobtained, requiring no boring, machining, or other finishing.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As anew article of manufacture, a fillingfork comprising a cast-metalbody, wire tines and a loop or tail, the roots of the tail and tinesbeing permanently embedded in the metal of the body.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a fillingfork comprising acast-metal body and tines the roots whereof are permanently embedded inthe body, and atransverse bearing-sleeve also embedded in the body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD S. STIMPSON.

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